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Sydney New South Wales [15]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [13]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

London, Middlesex [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Bristol [4]

London England [4]

Swindon, Wiltshire [4]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Dovercourt, Essex [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Fulham, London [3]

Taunton, Somerset [3]

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Blackburn England [2]

Bourke New South Wales [2]

Boxley, Kent [2]

Brislington, Somerset [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2]

Chester [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Dunedin [2]

Dunster, Somerset [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Gunnedah New South Wales [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kapunda South Australia [2]

Kilmore Victoria [2]

Kingston South Australia [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [2]

London [2]

Manchester England [2]

Millicent South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [1885]

Gunner [207]

Driver [179]

Corporal [140]

Serjeant [132]

Sapper [110]

Lance Corporal [80]

Second Lieutenant [64]

Lieutenant [49]

Acting Corporal [32]

Captain [32]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Bombardier [28]

Pioneer [25]

Major [15]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Rifleman [8]

Staff Nurse [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Guardsman [6]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Worker [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Sister [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Signaller [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Bandsman [3]

Nurse [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Armourer's Crew [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Bugler [2]

Coal Mine Worker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [250]

Royal Engineers [212]

Army Service Corps [183]

Labour Corps [182]

Royal Garrison Artillery [118]

Royal Army Medical Corps [111]

London Regiment [92]

Machine Gun Corps [86]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [65]

Gloucestershire Regiment [63]

Royal Fusiliers [62]

Worcestershire Regiment [58]

Cheshire Regiment [55]

Manchester Regiment [51]

Somerset Light Infantry [51]

South Staffordshire Regiment [49]

Liverpool Regiment [47]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Middlesex Regiment [44]

Essex Regiment [43]

Rifle Brigade [43]

North Staffordshire Regiment [41]

Leicestershire Regiment [39]

Royal Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [39]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Northumberland Fusiliers [35]

Devonshire Regiment [34]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34]

Army Ordnance Corps [33]

Hampshire Regiment [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [32]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [30]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28]

Lincolnshire Regiment [27]

Royal Naval Division [27]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Welsh Regiment [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [27]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [23]

Wiltshire Regiment [23]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2915]

Royal Navy [252]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [212]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [150]

Australian Imperial Force [134]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [3755]

A [2]

L [2]

M [1]

N [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3669]

Merchant Navy [58]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [100]

India [3]

Australia [1]

China [1]

France [1]

Guernsey [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [15] Birmingham, Warwickshire [13] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] London, Middlesex [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Bristol [4] London England [4] Swindon, Wiltshire [4] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Battersea, London [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Dovercourt, Essex [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Fulham, London [3] Taunton, Somerset [3] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham England [2] Blackburn England [2] Bourke New South Wales [2] Boxley, Kent [2] Brislington, Somerset [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [2] Chester [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Dunedin [2] Dunster, Somerset [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Gunnedah New South Wales [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Islington, London [2] Kapunda South Australia [2] Kilmore Victoria [2] Kingston South Australia [2] Lambeth, London [2] Ledbury, Herefordshire [2] London [2] Manchester England [2] Millicent South Australia [2]

Rank

Private [1885] Gunner [207] Driver [179] Corporal [140] Serjeant [132] Sapper [110] Lance Corporal [80] Second Lieutenant [64] Lieutenant [49] Acting Corporal [32] Captain [32] Acting Serjeant [31] Bombardier [28] Pioneer [25] Major [15] Staff Serjeant [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Company Serjeant Major [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Rifleman [8] Staff Nurse [7] Able Seaman [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Guardsman [6] Stoker 1st Class [6] Worker [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Sister [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Signaller [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Bandsman [3] Nurse [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Armourer's Crew [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Bugler [2] Coal Mine Worker [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [250] Royal Engineers [212] Army Service Corps [183] Labour Corps [182] Royal Garrison Artillery [118] Royal Army Medical Corps [111] London Regiment [92] Machine Gun Corps [86] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [65] Gloucestershire Regiment [63] Royal Fusiliers [62] Worcestershire Regiment [58] Cheshire Regiment [55] Manchester Regiment [51] Somerset Light Infantry [51] South Staffordshire Regiment [49] Liverpool Regiment [47] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Middlesex Regiment [44] Essex Regiment [43] Rifle Brigade [43] North Staffordshire Regiment [41] Leicestershire Regiment [39] Royal Army Service Corps [39] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [39] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] Northumberland Fusiliers [35] Devonshire Regiment [34] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [34] Army Ordnance Corps [33] Hampshire Regiment [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [32] Royal Berkshire Regiment [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [30] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [28] Lincolnshire Regiment [27] Royal Naval Division [27] South Wales Borderers [27] Welsh Regiment [27] Yorkshire Regiment [27] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [26] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] The Queen's Regiment [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Defence Corps [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [23] Wiltshire Regiment [23] East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Service

British Army [2915] Royal Navy [252] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [212] Canadian Expeditionary Force [150] Australian Imperial Force [134] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [3755] A [2] L [2] M [1] N [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3669] Merchant Navy [58] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [100] India [3] Australia [1] China [1] France [1] Guernsey [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Christopher Paulett Poole

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299265

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Arnold Poole

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76201

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Thomas Stanley Poole

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80563

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John Richard Poole

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 47685 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 47685 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Charles Silvestor William Poole

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9898

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James Poole

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280128

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Harold Charles Poole

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84138

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Thomas H Poole

Born 1878

British Army 13362 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Arthur Poole

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118567

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Sealy Edward Poole

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38552

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Alfred George Poole

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164314

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William Poole

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185964

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George Poole

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80555

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William Richard Poole

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83117

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Charles Ernest Poole

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206247

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Alfred Poole

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42985

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Ronald William Poole

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306008

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Frederick William Poole

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303033

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John Fred Poole

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263593

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Walter Poole

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29126

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